Python versus VB

Thu Oct 30 08:48:15 EST 2003

"Simon Foster" <simon at uggs.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
news:3fa057e2.14061399 at news.dsl.pipex.com...
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> with the strengths/weaknesses of VB).  This will be a
> general-purpose text-processing type application with no
> GUI required.

No, Problem is the details:

If the above is really all, then VB is a waste of time (*any* language and
especially Python can do text processing)!

If OTHOH the appliaction needs to integrate with MS-Office VB may be the
simplest.